A time capsule of the greatest financial mania in the history of mankind, told in real-time by regular folks and patriots. May future generations better understand the madness of crowds, and how power and money corrupt.

It doesn't matter anymore whether Red States or Blue States scored a touchdown here or a FG there.It doesn't matter who fumbled on 4th and goal. It's over. And we all lost the game.

You are all crying over spilled milk.

Anyone arguing like Hannity that Bush and his cronies are "innocent" in all of this are dumbasses. Signed, double-stamped, not quitsies.

Anyone arguing that the Democrats are doing right be American taxpayer are dumbasses too. Signed, double-stamped, no quitsies.

We are all on the same ship, boys and girls. Are you really going to sit there and argue which political side is at fault (when both sides share equal blame) and while the certain end to America's wealth and way of life as we ever knew it will disappear for ever?Yes? Screw you then!

2000 marked the beginning of a new century and a new Divided States of America.

2 million people in the streets. Shut down the business as usual. Let them know mainstreet needs help, but not a handout. Fairness, not privilege.

Help the troops, enact policies to get the green energy economy going, start putting criminals in jail. Pass a law requiring original lenders to hold onto loans for at least 5 years. Put a cap on credit card interest rates, etc.

Start working for the people. To all the good corporate and business people out there, keeping working hard and also, start sounding off about the corporate terrorists out here. They are destroying this country.

Word on Tickerforum is that congressional offices say they're being flooded today by calls from angry voters wondering why their rep voted against the bailout. I suspect there will be Bailout #2 coming and it WILL pass. I don't think this so-called "populist uprising" against Wall Street will survive another 800 point plunge. Gotta preserve that 401K!

Today was not Armageddon. In fact, when it comes it will come slowly, not as a discrete event. Even if the stock market declined by 25% tomorrow, it still would not be Armageddon, since it takes time for an event like a stock market crash to wind its way through the economy.

However, today's events were significant. They are a harbinger for further declines in the market going forward.

I think it's criminal that the MSM didn't link together all the "hurt" we are going to suffer into one story, i.e., Depreciation of the dollar, the lack of sustainable energy, the unliklihood of the bailout working to begin with, unemployment...basically the unraveling of our capitalist society which is based on money.

I'm already hearing from friends who simply, "don't know what to do." I don't know what to tell them except it's gonna be really bad tomorrow. Start thinking about the safety of your family.

Stabalize or "secure" the nuclear wastes that will leak and get our soldiers home from their outposts.

Thanks to Bushco, we lost our front teeth for having advocated democratic practices worldwide for so long, only to end up stifling our own freedom of expression and freedom of the press, tampering with election results and due process, lying under oath, bending the constitution without plebiscite, condoning torture, allowing wiretaps on our own citizens, promoting cronyism and cheating and corruption.

Thanks to Bushco and his cronies in Congress (including the dim-witted Dems), we have become the laughingstock of the whole world. We have been advocating market economy all along, to the point that many poor countries went into total chaos, trying to please America. The same America is now throwing its own free market economy principals out the window.Thank you Bush, thank you Cheney, thank you Ramsfeld, Paulson, Bernanke and all you Republicans and Democrats on the Hill. You’ve been at the helm of the most beautiful, the most admired, the most powerful country in the world, and you managed to wreck it, turning America into a banana republic. At that, you have done an admirable job. Thank you all!!!

I wonder if Barney Frank-furter and Nancy "age-challenged"Pelosi are all happy now. They got their asses burned, and they needed to. Let's not forget Harry Reid-in-the-wind.

I was watching C-Span today, and watched the Republican John Boehner get all broke up about passing this bailout bill. He was such a fake. I wonder what it feels like going out on a limb, and getting the tree cut from underneath you.

I bet there are some nervous Republicans out there right now who voted for this bill. VOTE EM OUT, who voted for this bill!!

No. The 780 point drop caught my attention but I wouldn't worry or care. Didn't you people want an economic collapse or something? I might start paying more attention when the DJIA hits the 6500 - 7500 mark. I don't care about the NASDAQ or the S&P because they aren't worth 0 to me. The 87 crash was much worse in proportion to the value of the stock market at the time. DO I really care if the DJIA drops to 7500, or 5500, or 500? No. I don't see any difference in my standard of living. Quit asking for stuff from Bush and the government and you'll be just fine. This doomsday bullshit will drag you under.

I was there Saturday, toting a sign that said "Nationalize" (most frequent question: "nationalize what?) Well, DUH!

Anyway, there were maybe a dozen protesters behind the Capitol. Tons of people there - for the book festival! It had been raining that morning, but just a little gray most of the day. Where was everyone?

One thing to look for in this bill - it does not require mark to market. It's a little weak on We The People getting at least part ownership. Perfectly reasonable to push for a sensible plan that will work - do we even know how big the problem really is?

Just like the Iraq War, this mess won't turn any corner until you juvenile republicans admit your culpability, step aside and allow the grown-ups clean up your mess. Blaming everyone else but yourselves...ridiculous...you're morally and intellectually bankrupt, and now seeing those same seeds inflicted full bore onto the country.

You're staring a filibuster-proof majority in the senate and a 60-seat house majority in the face as punishment for 25 years of asinine government.

Idiots. Dial out of Fox News and join the rest of us in the world of reality.

Hey Bitterrenter, why don't you date Barney Frank? You two would make a lovely couple. Plus Frank is known for giving executive jobs to his lovers at Fannie Mae, and you don't even have to be qualified. His last boyfriend went from running one of those welfare programs at Fannie Mae to making pottery (after they broke up...snif...so sad).

The level of partisan bickering on this site is staggering. I'd think a group as intelligent as this would understand that the difference between Democrats and Republicans is nominal at this point.

Neither side works for the people; they're all beholden to their corporate masters. Pelosi and Cheney dine with the elite and laugh as we argue over the ambiguous (and virtually unwinnable) "issues" we're told are important. (Race, gender, liberal vs. conservative, abortion, gay marriage...)

Wake up, folks. This isn't about race, gender or political affiliation. This is about class, plain and simple. Our government has been sold to the highest bidder - and that certainly isn't the American taxpayer.

Stop participating in the politics of distraction. Look at the REAL issues we are facing (the US being broke, for example) and understand that BOTH parties got us here. Demand answers and accountability from ALL elected officials. Demand honesty and accountability from the media.

We should be talking about how to vote the cowards in the House and in the Senate out instead of pointing fingers at one another.